After Hitting Lie Milestone, Trump Hints At Suing Truth Tellers

Donald Trump Says He Wants To Change Libel Laws, Despite Telling Mountain Of Lies As President

Republican Donald Trump recently passed a rather embarrassing milestone when it comes to dishonesty. According to the Washington Post‘s tally, the former reality star has now told his 2,000th lie since taking over the presidency. So, how did Trump decide to celebrate this nefarious achievement? By announcing he wants to crackdown on liars. Really.

And just a day after crossing the disgraceful mark on lying, Trump stated he wanted to change libel laws to go after liars in the media. While addressing a number of issues, he announced his intentions regarding the current rules.

We are going to take a strong look at our country’s libel laws. So that when somebody says something that is false and defamatory about someone, that person will have meaningful recourse in our courts. If somebody says something that is totally false and knowingly false, that the person that has been abused, defamed, libeled, will have meaningful recourse. Our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace and do not represent American values or American fairness.

Trump promises "to take a strong look at our country's libel laws," calling the current laws "a sham and a disgrace, and do not represent American values." (via ABC) pic.twitter.com/5tspV2mfMW

But what is clear is Trump wants to change the laws in a way that he really loves. He wants there to be more lawsuits and he wants them to be easy to bring about. Period. It’s what he does, especially when he can run the opposition out of money.

The president wants to assault the First Amendment in a way that allows rich people like himself to never have a factual statement they don’t like printed about them. Let’s hope the “spoiled brat” doesn’t get his way.